At the trailerlaunch event, Sonakshi said, “I am really happy to be part of the film where a woman is doing so much action, it’s a path breaker. I feel all powered-up to punch someone now.”

Sonakshi sinha’s akira movie poster

Akira is a happy college girl who doesn’t shy from killing people. She beats up people with gravity defying kicks and deadly punches. Akira comes to Mumbai for further studies from Jodhpur Rajasthan. Suddenly, might lose everything – her family, her friends, even her own sense of identity as someone tries to hunt her down. Now she has only herself to trust and she needs to find the strength within her to stand up for what is right and prove her innocence and attain justice.

Directed by AR Murugadoss, Akira is a remake of the 2011 Tamil film Mouna Guru and will release on 2nd September 2016.